Storm-front for baby-carriages.



A. K RAGSDALE. STORM FRONT FOR BABY GARRIAGES.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 26 1913.

Patented Apr. 7, 19%

' [.VVEN TOR 4 A Harm ALONZO K. RAG-SDALE, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

- STORM-FRONT FOR BABY-CARRIAGES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. @1914.

Application filed March 26, 1913. Serial No. 756,909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO K. RAGSDALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hamilton, Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Storm-Frontfor Baby-Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a cheap, durable, convenient, and easilyadjusted storm front especially adapted to baby carriages and the like.

One exemplifying form of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in Which Figure 1 isa rear perspective view of the storm frontremoved from the carriage. Fig. 2 is a front view of a baby carriagewith the storm front in active position. Fig. 3 is a rear diagonal viewof the same. Fig. 4 is a front diagonal view of the storm front inraised position on the carriage.

Reference character 1 designates a storm front or cover proper,consisting of suitable material such as pantasote, rubberized cloth,leather, or any other suitable material.

In the preferred form of the invention is a window 2, usually ofcelluloid or the like to permit folding of the front when not in use andto prevent injury in case of breakage. The front has a curved orscoop-like form, as indicated inFig. 1, to adapt it to readily fit thetop and foot-board and to inclose the sides of an ordinary babycarriage. The shape may be considerably varied and may be produced invarious ways by making the front in separate gores, as indicated at a,b, 0. In the upper edge of the front is run an elastic band 3 and nearthe bottom edge is another similar band 4. These bands meet at thesides-at 5 and may be stitched or tied together, or may be convenientlysecured in rings 6, as shown. A third band 7 is also connected at theoints 5. In use, band 7 is snapped around the back of the carriage asshown in Fig. 3, so that it holds band 3 around the front edge of thecarriage top T. The storm front may then be folded up upon the top asshown in Fig. 4 for fair weather, and in case of rain may be quicklypulled down and secured in the position shown in Fig. 2 by snapping band4 around the foot-board F of the carriage. In some cases the carriagesare provided with studs S, projecting at the pivot point of the top Tand in such cases the rings 6 may be placed over these studs, but thispractice is not at all essential.

The principal advantages of my invention consist in its cheapness,convenience, effective protection against rain or wind, and its capacityfor being easily folded and stored away, and as easily adjusted to thecarriage either in operative or inoperative position. v i

I claim:

A. storm front adapted to be applied to baby carriages and the like,having a top, said storm front comprising a hood-like body having hemmededges, elastic bands passing through said edges and connected at eachside of the body, and an elastic band connected to said first mentionedbands at their intersections, said last mentioned band being. adapted topass around the body of a baby. carriage and secure the hood in positionwith the hemmed edges overlapping the top and the foot-board of saidcarriage, respectively.

ALONZO K. RAGSDALE.

Witnesses CLINTON EGBERT, H. R. REIGART.

